July 04, 2011 Military Aviation News
07/04/2011
Watching fireworks or attending the family reunion are Independence Day traditions that U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob Wolfe of Lake City will miss during the holiday this year. Wolfe, 24, is serving his country on a seven-month deployment in Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan.
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07/04/2011
A multination consortium in Europe has invited Korea to join its high-end jet production project in an apparent attempt to win what would be Korea’s biggest arms-procurement deal. The move came following Seoul’s announcement that it would purchase 60 advanced fighter aircraft in line with its push to shift the country’s military posture from passive defense to proactive deterrence with a projected budget of up to 10 trillion won ($8.96 billion).
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07/04/2011
he United States is expected to announce soon it will help Taiwan to upgrade its current F-16 fighter planes rather than selling it more advanced aircraft, a senior Taipei legislator said Sunday. The move to upgrade the F-16A/B combat aircraft rather than sell the island the more advanced F-16C/Ds it wants will generate less pressure from Beijing, which strongly opposes any arms sales to Taiwan, analysts say.
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